base-orphans defines orphan instances that mimic instances available in later versions of base to a wider (older) range of compilers. base-orphans does not export anything except the orphan instances themselves and complements base-compat.

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base-orphans

Scope

base-orphans defines orphan instances that mimic instances available in later
versions of base to a wider (older) range of compilers. base-orphans does
not export anything except the orphan instances themselves and complements
base-compat.

Usage

To use base-orphans, simply import Data.Orphans ().

What is covered

Added Applicative and Alternative instances for ReadP and ReadPrec

Added Eq and Ord instances for Control.Exception.ErrorCall

Added Eq, Ord, Read, and Show instances for data types in GHC.Generics